Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-18 Thread Jerry D. Belloit
Me too! I wondered why we were trying so difficult a rutine on the beam this year. Jerry From: GatorTalk on behalf of Hhsgator Reply-To: GatorTalk Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 5:47 PM To: GatorTalk Subject: Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships [External]: This email

Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-15 Thread Sandy Alonso
Thanks, Helen - I'm not an expert because a gymnerd would give you all the nuance. It's kind of a simple overview of why they seem so different. Since I watch more NCAA than Elite, when I do watch Elite it's always funny to me when a gymnast has a hop on their vault landing. The commentator will

Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-14 Thread Hhsgator
Thanks for the explanation, Sandy. I feel smarter for having read this. Helen Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:39 PM, Sandy Alonso wrote: > > Elite and NCAA can be very different from everything to the maximum > difficulty of routines to the scoring system. > > The short and

Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-14 Thread Sandy Alonso
Elite and NCAA can be very different from everything to the maximum difficulty of routines to the scoring system. The short and sweet version is that a routine in Elite (say, bars) gets a maximum difficulty applied to it based on the elements of the routine, with a handful of elements being

RE: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-13 Thread Oliver Barry
ubject: Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships I've been kind of spoiled by the SEC Network's gymnastics coverage in which there is almost non-stop action. NBC seems to want to focus on a just a few athletes and not even acknowledge the existence of others. I guess they are ramp

Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-13 Thread Stompin' Gator
I've been kind of spoiled by the SEC Network's gymnastics coverage in which there is almost non-stop action. NBC seems to want to focus on a just a few athletes and not even acknowledge the existence of others. I guess they are ramping up to the Olympics and want to start focusing on the ones

Re: [gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-12 Thread Sandy Alonso
It figures the only time they showed Thomas was last night when she struggled on floor - a routine she did nearly flawlessly Friday night. She did make the US National Team though. Just an FYI: Morgan Hurd and Riley McCusker are UF commits - they've deferred their NLI for next year because they

[gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-09 Thread Stompin' Gator
Wow,Thomas did great. She came in 5th and was not mentioned a single time. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National

[gatortalk] US Gymnastic Championships

2019-08-09 Thread Stompin' Gator
Anyone watching NBCSN broadcast? It's very frustrating because Trinity Thomas is the immediate predecessor of Simone Biles on each apparatus. They would rather show Biles standing around getting ready than show Thomas actually doing the apparatus. Arghhh!!! -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON